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It's a 19ft composite touring kayak. Only 50lbs, but 19ft sure makes this car look small. When I go out on the water I stow the Protege in the aft hatch.

Here's the equipment to carry it:
Thule Set-to-go Saddles (#878), two pairs
Thule Quickdray ratcheting tie-downs (#855)

It's a beast to get on the car, but once it's strapped down it holds firm. Protege handles the weight well too, just have to concentrate on taking those corners slower.

 

I had the ability to put two kayaks and two bikes on my old 01' ES2.0 with my thule rack. With the factory rack on my P5 now I think I am only going to be able to get either one set or the other. I would be able to remove the factory rack and use my thule rack, but i am probably not going to do that. I was able to custon attach my thule kayak stacker w/$10 parts from home depot. The problem is that the rack on the P5 is not that wide and it is going to be difficult to attach my bike racks w/out spending lots of money. I have a rack I can attach to the back to hold my bikes.

Your set-up looks nice. My boats at 13 feet so are much shorter than yours.

I will have to put my boats on my car and get some pics up......

 

Just an update to anyone else who might be looking for a kayak carrier like this. It holds the boats great, very secure. Still no problems.

Today on my way home I had a guy run a very red light right in front of me. I made a hard panic stop, tires screeching (gotta love the brakes on this car) and missed him by less than a foot. The kayak nosed down a little and the stern line tightened, but it didnt go anywhere.